At Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 22:29:40 Michael wrote:

>Speaking of "Goodbye To Love" from The Carpenters...there was a beautiful 
>music station (the classic "elevator music" that no longer exists where I 
>live) that played a few songs with vocals and that pop rock classic song 
>had Tony's guitar solo edited out for (what seemed like) fifteen years!  
>The song was around two minutes and always sounded like someone bumping a 
>turntable with the arm and needle taking a quick skip.  I guess the MOR 
>folks thought that it was too close to Hendrix but still wanted Karen's 
>vocal performance.
>
>Did this happen in any other towns of Audities listmembers?

My father had an 8-track tape he used to play in the car over-and-over from 
a Carpenters hits package that was a medley of this song, "Close To You", 
"Superstar" and a few other tunes (I think.....it's been nearly 30 years 
since I heard it last)....almost a Stars On 45 kinda thing without the 
nauseating drum loop.

It was years later when I heard the full-versions of these songs that I 
realized I'd been hearing a bad single edit for radio (or a bad A & R 
decision....or both). Maybe the version you heard was from this bastardized 
medley.



Jaimie Vernon,
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Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
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